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book, think I will have a look through: "Here, then, is a survey of the early Christian attitude towards war which must be read and pondered. We should expect therefore to find these Christians, at all events during the first few generations, refusing to serve as soldiers. With that expectation the little information that we possess is in almost entire harmony.(1) Apart from Cornelius and the one or two soldiers who may have been baptized with him by Peter at Caesarea (? 40 A.D.) and the gaoler baptized by Paul at Philippi (circ A.D. 49)(2) we have no direct or reliable evidence for the existence of a single Christian soldier until after 170 A.D. https://compassionatespirit.com/Books/Cadoux/Early Christian Attitude to War John Cadoux.pdf I know there are still pacifist Christians.... Hutterites I think, Quakers. small groups. o

you likely know this, but the history of all humans, the world over, is full of these things. hate, greed, slaughter, is what we are. on a large scale. I got bored reading history. same thing everywhere. this guy conquered that guy, took everything, killed everyone, built a nice library. @Wanna-B-Fanboy re Musk... "Musk was born and grew up in Pretoria, South Africa. He attended the University of Pretoria " ie, rich white person from South Africa. might explain his current approach.

also, looking at the Lions, what their owner has done with a moribund franchise..... whoever owns the Argos should stop whining, and fix their problems. This Lions turn around should be embarrassing for them.

so macleod B. Thompson v. Trevor Harris. Think I like the Als in that game.

also, strong resemblance to Olive Oyle.

this Rourke guy seems to be pretty good.

world class punchable face.

Menard is good.

dikcensen has to be thinking about it

bc o line... lol

dickensen in his hay days had prime bo, and crappy opponents. looks average now.

16 seconds left, b.c. exposes their gimpy qb to that. 🤡

b.c. almost 40,000 wow.

heard that d***enson wears his hat while showering.

entertaining game. steinhauer... how many seasons has he had?

they showed a stat....leading receivers last few years. lawler was on it, last of five I think. makes you wonder a bit. balanced attack, spread ball around is better I guess. I am kate fan, keeps the other people's egos in check, funny, smart.

Harris .... throwing well. fancy catch by eugene. wineke shows up. not using stanback. guess they dont need to. wonder how Dane will respond. Ticats d line isnt getting much pressure.

when profit is mixed with public health care. "Medicare recipients, beware," she added. "And as citizens and taxpayers, we should all demand that Congress take Medicare out of the hands of corporations, freeing billions of dollars in savings to deliver actual healthcare." Insurance giants are exploiting Medicare Advantage—a corporate-managed program that threatens to result in the complete privatization of traditional Medicare—to capture billions of dollars in extra profits, Saturday reporting by The New York Times confirmed. "Medicare Advantage shouldn't exist." The newspaper's analysis of dozens of lawsuits, inspector general reports, and watchdog investigations found that overbilling by Medicare Advantage (MA) providers is so pervasive it exceeds the budgets of entire federal agencies, prompting journalist Ryan Cooper to call the program "a straight up fraud scheme." Nearly half of Medicare's 60 million beneficiaries are now enrolled in MA plans managed by for-profit insurance companies, and it is expected that most of the nation's seniors will be ensnared in the private-sector alternative to traditional Medicare by next year. Six weeks ago, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) launched an inquiry into "potentially deceptive" marketing tactics used by MA providers to "take advantage" of vulnerable individuals. As the table below shows, almost every major player in the industry has been accused of fraud by a whistleblower or the U.S. government. In addition, the vast majority are engaged in rampant upcoding, or exaggerating patients' illnesses in order to reap more money from taxpayers—something they do while refusing to provide necessary care for tens of thousands each year. Larry Levitt, executive vice president for health policy at Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), which has has no connection with Kaiser Permanente, wrote on social media that "the move to privatize Medicare" has "been very profitable, in part because insurers are good at making their patients seem sicker." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/04/senate-report-details-latest-privatized-medicare-scandal-seniors-preyed-upon-and every nickel that goes for ceo pay, advertising, administration, and profit, comes out of money intended for actual health care. cost reduction = more profit.

or to pay off the hunky poolboy.😂 I guess the pervert Falwell jr. got the evangelicals to love trump.

ours is such a clever species. "he did it first"

amazing.

I was thinking about Trump and this kind of thing. nothing he does loses fans. maybe some of these people understand that Trump is a liar and a cheat, but admire him cause he gets away with it. ie... he "beats the system" the system, which his followers seem to hate. there were crooks throughout history, who have been admired by many people.

This might be worth a look, library has it. William J. Bernstein is a neurologist, financial theorist, and historian. "We are the apes who tell stories,” writes William Bernstein. “And no matter how misleading the narrative, if it is compelling enough it will nearly always trump the facts.” As Bernstein shows in his eloquent and persuasive new book, The Delusions of Crowds, throughout human history compelling stories have catalyzed the spread of contagious narratives through susceptible groups—with enormous, often disastrous, consequences. Inspired by Charles Mackay’s 19th-century classic Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Bernstein engages with mass delusion with the same curiosity and passion, but armed with the latest scientific research that explains the biological, evolutionary, and psychosocial roots of human irrationality." The Delusions Of Crowds: Why People Go Mad in Groups Hardcover – February 23, 2021 by William J. Bernstein (Author)

except for DAN CLARK!